Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '19 at 14:02
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 449 59% 444 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 115 Parallax 108 88% 110 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 101 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 112 111 113 110 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 464 Write 128 Mixed 126 SusWrite 110 45% 207 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 20.9 122% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 51.2 84% 167 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 73%
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 35GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 121 120 120 121 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 490 Mixed 338 SusWrite 157 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 57.6 205% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 315 249% 347 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 880GB free Firmware: CC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 104 107 108 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 55 SusWrite 105 68% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.7% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,692x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	312x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	251x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	526x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	255x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	198x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	126x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	183x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	158x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	102x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16